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AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. v. FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD

No. 12914.

235 F.2d 18 (1956)

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, Ltd., Appellant, v. FEDERAL MARITIME BOARD et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warner W. Gardner, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Alfred L. Scanlan, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Edward H. Hickey, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, Edward D. Ransom, Gen. Counsel, Federal Maritime Board, and Paul A. Sweeney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff (appellant), American President Lines, Ltd., a subsidized shipping operator, filed this action for a declaratory judgment against the defendants (appellees), the Federal Maritime Board and its individual members. The complaint sought a judgment that the term "capital necessarily employed in the business," contained in General Order 31 issued under § 607(d) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, must be used by appellees rather than...

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